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- noun Alternative spelling of
lock picking . - verb Alternative spelling of
lock picking .
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Examples
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There are the lock-picking tools used to break into the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington, the handwritten address book of one of the burglars that provided the first link of the crime to the White House and audio from the tapes that revealed Nixon's participation in a coverup.
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He now opened a door on the world of codepads, pistols with silencers, lock-picking sets, matchbox cameras, bombs that looked like baking flour, stiletto knives, chemical and biological assassination weapons, and suicide capsules which Donovan always carried with him, although his aides worried lest he mix them up with his identical-looking aspirin.
The Spymaster's Spymaster Andrew Roberts 2011
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When one child sent another a Web link to a lock-picking site, I was warned.
Monitor Kids on Facebook Without Being Their 'Friend' Walter S. Mossberg 2011
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Or could this brilliant director be the best lock-picking, bullet-dodging teacher ever?
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When one of my interior doors got locked with the keys inside recently, I learned all I ever wanted to know about lock-picking and doorknob assembly.
How To Open A Locked Interior Door When You’ve Lost The Key | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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A lock-picking demonstration, suggested one author whose protagonist is a thief, though the dubious legality of such an undertaking under U.K. law put the kibosh on the possibility.
Archive 2010-05-01 Peter Rozovsky 2010
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The handle of the spoon was narrow enough for lock-picking, if he could figure out a way to keep it.
Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010
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It was all going: the utility bra, the lock-picking kit, the drill, the micro-camera, the glass-cutters, the suction-pad, the works.
It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010
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A lock-picking demonstration, suggested one author whose protagonist is a thief, though the dubious legality of such an undertaking under U.K. law put the kibosh on the possibility.
Crimefest V: Hit 'em where it hurts Peter Rozovsky 2010
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Take a hammer and flatten the end of the paperclip as flat as you can get it, then grab your makeshift lock-picking tools and head to the door. eHow explains what to do next:
How To Open A Locked Interior Door When You’ve Lost The Key | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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